A Serbian newspaper seen as close to the ruling Progessive Party has launched a blistering attack on a new cross-border TV station, N1, accusing it of working for the Americans. The Serbian tabloid Informer on Monday accused the US of trying to subvert Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s likely future Prime Minister, by setting …
Read More »Bosniaks and Croats Unveil Joint Plan For Mostar
Two key parties in Mostar, the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action, SDA, and the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, discussed development of the troubled Herzegovinian city, adding that they had come up with a strategic document to aid the economic situation. In a meeting on April 8, the two parties discussed …
Read More »Biden Backs Montenegro’s EU, NATO Ambitions
US Vice-President Joseph Biden praised Montenegro’s progress towards joining NATO and said Washington supports Montenegro’s aspirations to closen ties with Europe. “Montenegro has achieved progress in pursuing reforms and standards within the integration processes, particularly in the field of security, rule of law and strengthening of the public support for …
Read More »New War Crimes Tribunal Poses Dilemma for Kosovo
While many in Kosovo resent the idea of yet another tribunal charged with probing war crimes committed in the late 1990s, pressure to agree to the court is proving irresistible. The European Union has asked the Dutch government to assist the EU’s special task force in possible criminal proceedings once …
Read More »New round of Kosovo talks to continue in Brussels
Ivica Dacic and Hashim Thaci, will meet today with the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on a new round of dialogue. Besides Dacic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister will attend the meeting Aleksandar Vucic.
Read More »Nuland to visit Bulgaria
Victoria Nuland, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, will visit Bulgaria on Monday. The talks were scheduled between Nuland and government representatives from Bulgaria, where bilateral cooperation
Read More »British FM says Balkans borders will remain unchanged
British Foreign Minister says there will be no drawing of borders in the Balkans and that only a united Bosnia in its current boundaries can join the EU.
Read More »EULEX mission will be extended for two years
EU’s EULEX Kosovo will be extended by two years, despite resistance from officials of the country. Representatives of the 28-nation bloc have informed the authorities of Kosovo, who will continue to work on investigations into
Read More »Croatian court decides former Yugoslav Agent Mustać can be extradited to Germany
Council of Northern Croatian town of Varazdin court ruled Thursday that Mustać, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Stjepan Djurekovic a political emigrant would be assassinated by the Yugoslav secret services near Munich, in 1983, can be sent to Germany for to be judged.
Read More »EU pushes for solving Cyprus problem
President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso Thursday chaired a meeting of the Cyprus Steering Group in Brussels. The Group assessed the situation in Cyprus following the resumption of fully-fledged settlement talks in February.
Read More »